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Alexandria traffic board to consider pay-by-phone parking, speed limit cuts

Published October 23, 2025 at 1:00PM

The Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board will convene on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 (via X)

Alexandria’s Traffic and Parking Board will convene on Monday, Oct. 27, to discuss several transportation-related items in the city.

On the docket is a proposal to allow drivers to pay by phone for on-street parking along three residential streets in Old Town — the 900 Block of Cameron Street, the 200 Block of North Alfred Street and the 200 Block of Wilkes Street. The Board will also discuss an appeal to a curb cut at 1612 Princess Street, proposed travel lane and speed limit reductions on Yoakum Parkway and Reinekers Lane, and the removal of parking spaces for crossing improvements on Cameron Mills Road at Woodland Terrace.

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Alexandria repaves nine streets this week

By James Cullum

Published October 14, 2025 at 12:15PM

Paving Operations (via City of Alexandria)

Alexandria is repaving several streets this week.

The city said that temporary “No Parking” signs will be displayed before work begins, and that businesses and residents in the affected areas got advance notice through project signs and letters. While street repavings are subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment issues or utility work coordination, below is the listing of all the streets the city will repave between October 14 and October 17.

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Here’s what’s open and closed on Labor Day in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published August 28, 2025 at 1:45PM

The Torpedo Factory Art Center in Old Town (staff photo by James Cullum)

This coming Monday, September 1, is Labor Day and a number of city government offices and facilities will be closed.

Trash collection will move to Tuesday for the holiday, parking enforcement at metered spaces will be lifted, and it will be your last chance to enjoy public pools. See a full listing of what’s open and closed below.

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Here’s what’s open and closed in Alexandria on July 4

By James Cullum

Published July 1, 2025 at 1:30PM

A street lined with American flags in Old Town, Alexandria. (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria’s government offices will be closed on Friday, July 4, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t have a good time.

Here’s what you need to know about city services on Independence Day.

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Alexandria City Council to consider increases to residential parking permit fees

By Ryan Belmore

Published April 3, 2025 at 12:30PM

The Alexandria City Council will consider substantial increases to residential parking permit fees at its upcoming April 8 legislative meeting. The proposed ordinance would amend the city code to raise fees across all permit categories, with the most significant increases targeting households with multiple vehicles.

The ordinance, scheduled for introduction and first reading, would modify Section 5-8-77 of the city code governing parking permits in residential districts. If approved, the changes would take effect following a second reading and enactment planned for April 30.

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City Council asks staff to develop pilot to extend pedestrian zone to 200 block of King Street in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published September 12, 2024 at 10:55AM

The 200 block of King Street in Old Town, Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria city staff have been ordered to evaluate turning the 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone.

Mayor Justin Wilson and City Council Member John Taylor Chapman asked staff to create a pilot program to turn the 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone. The move would effectively eliminate cars from the main thoroughfare next door to City Hall’s Market Square (301 King Street) all the way down to the waterfront.

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Alexandria trading parking spots for pedestrian improvements at West End school

By Vernon Miles

Published July 3, 2024 at 2:45PM

Proposed Sanger Avenue changes near William Ramsay Elementary School (image via City of Alexandria)

Parking is already in high demand near William Ramsay Elementary School. A change (page 12) coming to the nearby Sanger Avenue could make parking even more scarce, but the tradeoff is making it safer to walk to school.

The plan is to extend the curbs near William Ramsay Elementary School and, in the process, remove three parking spaces. The staff report said that “parking is permitted along Sanger Avenue and there is a high-demand for parking throughout the day.”

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New parking enforcement pilot nets 4,000 citations in first month patrolling Old Town

By Vernon Miles

Published February 23, 2024 at 2:50PM

Reimagine Parking contractors in parking enforcement pilot (image via City of Alexandria)

A new pilot program to step up parking enforcement in Old Town netted 4,000 citations in its first month.

A staff memo (page 8) to the Traffic and Parking Board said that over half of the 4,000 parking citations issued through the pilot with contractor Reimagine Parking were for parking meter violations.

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Alexandria businesses have mixed feelings on turning 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone

By James Cullum

Published February 9, 2024 at 2:45PM | Updated September 12, 2024 at 9:57AM

The 200 block of King Street in Old Town, Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria City Council Member John Taylor Chapman wants to pursue making the 200 block of King Street into a pedestrian zone, and employees managing many of the businesses on that block have mixed feelings.

The move would mean having a pedestrian-only zone next door to City Hall’s Market Square (301 King Street) going all the way down to the waterfront.

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Thursday town hall will cover impact of Washington/Wizards arena on Alexandria businesses

By James Cullum

Published January 9, 2024 at 2:30PM

Rendering of outdoor plaza at Monumental Arena development (image courtesy of JBG SMITH)

The impact that the proposed Washington Wizards/Capitals arena at Potomac Yard will have on local businesses will be discussed in a virtual town hall meeting this week.

Stephanie Landrum, CEO of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP), will speak about the ramifications in a Zoom meeting at noon on Thursday (Jan. 21).

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Mayor: Alexandria needs to make parking easier for in-home childcare workers

By Vernon Miles

Published October 2, 2023 at 11:00AM

Street parking on Main Line Boulevard in Potomac Yard (staff photo by James Cullum)

In-home childcare providers have, for years, faced a problem: many of them work in residential neighborhoods requiring Residential Parking Permits, leaving them with no good options for parking.

A zoning change working through city bureaucracy could make it easier for in-home childcare workers to secure parking in residential neighborhoods.